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Socialist Ensembles: Theater and State in Cuba and Nicaragua
Randy Martin
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Description for Socialist Ensembles: Theater and State in Cuba and Nicaragua
Hardback. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLCN; AN; JFS; JHM; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Most discussions of socialist development within nation-states focus exclusively on the state, leaving civil society out of the picture. By looking into the realm of theatre in two socialist states, Randy Martin finds a way of broadening this view. An ethnography of theatre and political culture in Cuba and Nicaragua, his work reveals the tensions and negotiations among different dimensions of society that characterize the socialist project. Theatre, Martin shows us, is a particularly elastic expression of aesthetic and organizational form that can prefigure broader social developments. The critical sensibility displayed there, taking its cues from cultural processes beyond the ... Read more
Most discussions of socialist development within nation-states focus exclusively on the state, leaving civil society out of the picture. By looking into the realm of theatre in two socialist states, Randy Martin finds a way of broadening this view. An ethnography of theatre and political culture in Cuba and Nicaragua, his work reveals the tensions and negotiations among different dimensions of society that characterize the socialist project. Theatre, Martin shows us, is a particularly elastic expression of aesthetic and organizational form that can prefigure broader social developments. The critical sensibility displayed there, taking its cues from cultural processes beyond the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Politics S.
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816624805
SKU
V9780816624805
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